Vendors, distributors, integrators and resellers all make an appearance on this year’s list Credit: Brodie Miller IBM A/NZ Holdings, SAP Australia, Schneider Electric Australia Holdings and Atlassian Australia (1) are among the big tech companies operating in the local market that paid no tax in 2017-18 despite reporting millions, sometimes billions in total income. This is according to data collated by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and included in its latest annual Corporate tax transparency report for the 2017–18 income year, published on 12 December. This is the fifth annual report on corporate tax transparency by the ATO. It is designed to inform the public debate about tax policy, particularly in relation to the corporate tax system. The latest report is based on the 2017–18 income tax returns of some of the largest corporate entities operating in Australia, specifically Australian public and foreign-owned entities with total income of $100 million or more and Australian-owned resident private entities with total income of $200 million or more. In terms of the local channel landscape, some vendors, distributors, integrators and resellers make an appearance on this year’s list, and are among those organisations that, according to the ATO, paid no tax in the 2017-18 reporting year. However, as the ATO notes, it should be kept in mind that the aggregate figures included in the list cannot reflect the complexity of the tax system, the relationships between entities, the calculations behind the numbers or the extent and nature of any ATO activity. “It is important to remember that corporate income tax is payable on profits, not gross income; in any given year, a significant percentage of even the largest companies make losses, not just for tax purposes, but also for accounting purposes; [and] it reflects the tax returns as lodged, and does not reflect subsequent ATO compliance activity,” the ATO has said previously in relation to its report. With that in mind, here are the top tech players in Australia that paid no tax last year, in alphabetical order: ASG Group Ltd Total income: $400.5 million Taxable income: zero Tax payable: zero Atlassian Australia 1 Pty Ltd Total income: $1 billion Taxable income: $138 million Tax payable: zero Capgemini Australia Pty Ltd Total income: $320.9 million Taxable income: zero Tax payable: zero Datacom Australia Holdings Pty Ltd Total income: $505 million Taxable income: zero Tax payable: zero Hills Ltd Total income: $253.2 million Taxable income: zero Tax payable: zero IBM A/NZ Holdings Pty Ltd Total income: $3 billion Taxable income: $22.9 million Tax payable: zero Kordia Pty Ltd Total income: $107.1 million Taxable income: zero Tax payable: zero MYOB Group Ltd Total income: $366.8 million Taxable income: $114.3 million Tax payable: zero NBN Co Ltd Total income: $2 billion Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: zero NEC Australia Pty Ltd Total income $436 million Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero Netcomm Wireless Ltd Total income: $176.6 million Taxable income: $18 million Tax payable: Zero NextDC Ltd Total income: $162.1 million Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero NTT Australia Pty Ltd Total income: $198.9 million Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero OfficeMax International Pty Ltd Total income: $306.6 million Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero Ricoh Australia Pty Ltd Total income: $393.5 million Taxable income: $812,713 Tax payable: Zero SAP Australia Pty Limited Total income: $1.1 billion Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero Schneider Electric Australia Holdings Pty Ltd Total revenue: $1.3 billion Taxable income: $16.2 million Tax payable: Zero Sony Australia Limited Ltd Total income: $1.3 billion Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero Speedcast International Ltd Total income: $304.8 million Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero Tech Data (ANZ) Pty Ltd Total income: $441.2 million Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero Toshiba (Australia) Pty Ltd Total income: $236.6 million Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero Tower Software Engineering Pty Ltd (HP Inc) — Tower Software Engineering is a holding company for HP PPS Australia Pty Ltd, which is itself a holding company for HP Inc (HP acquired Tower Software in 2008). Total income: $1.6 billion Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero Trend Micro Australia Pty Ltd Total income $132.2 million Taxable income: $26.2 million Tax payable: Zero Unisys Australia Pty Ltd Total income: $242.4 million Taxable income: $2.1 million Tax payable: Zero Verizon Australia Pty Ltd Total income: $174.6 million Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd Total income: $3.5 billion Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero Winc Australia Holdings Pty Ltd Total income: $215.3 million Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero Reporting for 2016-17 (information was not available as of the cut-off date of the previous annual report) CSG Ltd Total income: $131.4 million Taxable income: Zero Tax payable: Zero Read More: ATO scams hit new low but Aussies still handing over $137,740 ATO swaps HP for Dell in $12M PC refresh Related content BrandPost Are tech layoffs inevitable, or can your company avoid them? 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